Lords demand action as organised crime gangs profit from £1bn waste crime industry

Failure by police, Environment Agency and wider government all named and shamed following inquiry

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Organised crime gangs are now involved in waste crime
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Organised crime gangs are now involved in waste crime

The Government, the Environment Agency and the police have been named and shamed by a House of Lords committee seeking to address the UK's failure to combat waste crime. In a stinging letter which is...

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